Country's largest beef recall ever...

Thanks in part to the Humane Society of the United States the 139 million pound beef recall has begun. What do you make of the situation, especially the fact that some of this tainted meat was redirected to school children! Why does the USDA continually turn a blind eye to the cancerous legions, growths, and infections on these animals and certify them as USDA pure?

Most of the beef went to school lunches. Although it was good for the company to do, I won't change my eating habits. As for the USDA and the company, companies know when the USDA are going to be in the area and can "cover" up evidence, so it took longer for this to be discovered. I don't really blame the USDA, the company is more to blame than anyone else.

Very troubling. Unfortunately, meat is a vital nutritional source for school children, who often get their best, if not only meals, from school meal programs. Meat will never go away from the menus of Americans. We are omnivorous by nature and it should be reflected in the meals we provide to any government program.

Though I don't always agree with hippie, the quality issue is disturbing. Especially when you consider that it is likely that much of the tainted beef came from the same source. That means at the source there was unnecessary slaughtering of cows only to source bad beef with all the fun lesions, growths, etc. More of an argument for organic, free range meats than ever before.

These investigations have been conducted in years past, particularly with the pork industry, basically the same story, all part of the poor unregulated oversight of factory farming.

A step in the right direction is the current effort to place The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act on the next ballot in California.

PETITIONS MUST BE IN BY FEBRUARY 22.

It is not an attempt to stop people from eating meat, but rather attempts to create better conditions for animals before they are slaughtered, providing less tortuous conditions for the animals and enhancing the safety of the food supply.

The scary thing was that this was probably going on for years and years without any regulatory control Someone had to smuggle out the video in order to be heardWhere is our gov't on this?Isn't the FDA supposed to be monitoring things like this?Glad I stopped eating red meat a long time ago

I know this happens all of the time and I know this. I haven't eaten meat in 17 years and I have become an avid reader of all things animal welfare related (on both sides), but somehow today after reading more stories, I feel beyond just sick and sad.Animals bred into a life of forced pregnancy for milk, to sick to walk after years of service, sprayed in the face and mouth with high powered hoses to get them to stand up. Electrocuted, poked , chained and dragged. Kicked in the face and treated like a thing instead of a sentient being.I can't even begin to understand how someone can do it. It just doesn't make sense to me at all.